
Anthony Quayle
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Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor who was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He also played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), QB VII (1974) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Quayle was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
as Colonel Harry Brighton

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Maj. Roy Franklin

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Admiral Canaris

Mackenna's Gold (1969)
as Older Englishman

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
as Verulus

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
as The King

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

The Wrong Man (1956)
as Frank D. O'Connor

A Study in Terror (1965)
as Doctor Murray

The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
as King Nod (voice)

Hamlet (1948)
as Marcellus

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
as Gen. Orlovsky

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Wolsey

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
as Vizard

Misunderstood (1967)
as Sir John Edward Duncombe

Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Bamford

Murder by Decree (1979)
as Sir Charles Warren

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
as Slade

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
as Captain van der Poel

The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Captain Vanderbilt

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
as Distinguished Gentleman
A Case of Libel (1968)
as Colonel Douglas

Dial M for Murder (1981)
as Insp. Hubbard

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)
as Oedipus

Buster (1988)
as Sir James McDowell

21 Hours at Munich (1976)
as Zvi Zamir

The Tamarind Seed (1974)
as Jack Loder

Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
as Durer

Holocaust 2000 (1977)
as Professor Griffith
The Rose Affair (1961)
as Betumain

Pygmalion (1938)
as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

No Time for Tears (1957)
as Dr. Graham Seagrave

Great Expectations (1974)
as Jaggers

Henry IV Part 1 (1979)
as Sir John Falstaff

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
as Jim Preston

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
as Dr. Frank Smith

King of the Wind (1990)
as Lord Granville

The Story of David (1976)
as King Saul

Before Winter Comes (1969)
as Brigadier Bewley

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Henry IV Part 2 (1979)
as Sir John Falstaff

Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Aaron

Magdalene (1988)
as Father Noessler

The Key to Rebecca (1985)
as Abdullah
Cause for Celebration (1980)
as Narrator

Bequest to the Nation (1973)
as Lord Minto

The Challenge (1960)
as Jim

The Endless Game (1989)
as Glanville

Ice Age (1978)
as The Old Man

Destiny of a Spy (1969)
as Col. Malendin
The Scent of Fear (1959)
as Colonel Kralik
Barefoot in Athens (1966)
as King Pausanias of Sparta

Serious Charge (1959)
as Reverend Howard Phillips

The Secret Life of Edward James (1978)
as Readings

East of Sudan (1964)
as Private Baker

See You at the Pillar (1967)
Actor
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1956)
as Robert Browning

Jarrett (1973)
as Cosmo Bastrop

The Judgement of Albion (1968)
as Voice
The Eastern Front (1984)
as Narrator

I Am Pablo Neruda (—)
as Self





